Bacterial culture and transformation, PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, restriction cloning, recombinant protein expression and purification, microscopy (light, fluorescence, confocal), FRAP, primer design, sequence alignments
Projects / Research
2020: “In vitro granule formation by the RNA-binding protein CP29A”, Prof. Dr. Schmitz-Linneweber, Molecular Genetics, Humboldt University of Berlin (Bachelor’s Thesis)
Scholarships / Awards
2020 – 2021:
Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School.
2017 – 2021:
Scholarship by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS
To understand how the organization of living things makes them so distinct from non-living matter, I want to learn more about cell signalling and regulatory mechanisms by which organisms can respond to their surroundings and maintain their high degree of order. At the moment, I am particularly intrigued by the regulation of and communication with endosymbiotic organelles in eukaryotes. A deep understanding of the relationships cells have with their chloroplasts and mitochondria could help us understand emergent properties of life in general. I am still in the phase of discovering new interests and aim to broaden my horizon in the following years to be able to ask new important questions.
